2nd post of 2010…. numbering them
Happy Lunar New Year to all the chinese people. Have a wonderful and prosperous year! Did you know that if you eat too many mandarin oranges, you will end up visiting the restroom too many times as well. I bet you didn’t know that.
It’s the 1st day of the lunar new year here, and the streets were empty, most of the shops were closed and you hardly saw people. I t felt like i was in a movie – those zombie ones, except that there were no broken windows or the streets filled with litter and particularly no ZOMBIES. Quiet way to start year for the chinese eh? Maybe its just quiet here and not so in other countries where the rules are lil relaxed.
The start of the year seems promising, I am back to blog ( fingers crossed ). Hopefully, it will last. I have been involved with a serious bit of crafting and to such an extent that my mom told me to quit my day job. Serious! She said I will be less stressed if I just start tailoring. I am definitely thinking about it. It will be better, I will be my own boss , less stress handling the children at school and I will be in a better mental and physical condition.
These are some drawstring bags that I am making for the shop with japanese words on them – food, meal,delicious and water. I am crazy about Japanese things ( privately thinks that everyone should be as well ).
This bag is for carrying your water bottle – it has mizu ( water ) sewn on it.
This is a Daiso DIY bag kit that I bought months ago and has been waiting to be stitched together , I added lace to it ( have started to add lace to anything and everything ).
A trial piece of a bunny purse, all I need to do now is to decide whether I want it with buttons or zip.
Double face sushi
Ginko from Mushishi went to visit the aquarium .
The government decided that some flats here need elevators on all the levels, so the upgrading has finished and we finally have a place to grow plants. We moved here about ten years ago and failed at keeping anything green around the house. I still need more plants.
Inspiring me -
Ginko had a fall , but this photo is my all time fave.
A new guy in my life, isn’t he handsome?
That’s it for now! Happy weekend. 
Hermit Crab in a bottle
Arty stuff that I have been involved with: Eric Carle’s House for Hermit Crab was the inspiration. They were made from polymer clay. I call it ‘Story in a Bottle’.
It was my sister’s 26th birthday on the 1st of January.
We had a mini BBQ in honour of her
Now more baking. I made some Magnolia Vanilla Cupcakes. They were very simple to make and delicious to eat.
Yes, just one green tomato amongst the red.
Very nice amber coloured tea.
Daiso tea light holder… Super shiny!
Ajisen Ramen meal combo: the silver fish tempura. It was A++++.
Super kawaii Japanese candy!!!! Look at that cute tangerine.
At Harbour Front – a cruise liner ready to sail.
More baking again: this time, caramel cream sponge cake. The cream was a success though I can’t say the same for the sponge cake.
Here is Nandhini in a her new robe. She looks posh, eh?
Finally!!!
That frame has finally been given the finishing touches,the antique look. The next step is to get a great picture or art to be framed up. (Yippee!!!)
Two lovely pencil holders, one from my ex- collegue and the other from a student.
I decided to do some deco on this …
… now I just need to paint it .
Lunar new year ornaments, my mom went shopping one day and bought these ! I noticed that she likes all the ‘lucky’ fishes!
Bought this in vancouver Ikea in 2004, brought it back here and had been in this state …
… till now. Painted it with acrylics and it looks brand new.
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR
Nandhini was also in the mood for some celebrations, in her spanking new chinese clothing. Aww she is such a heart breaker!!!
To my friends here and to the chinese people all over the world , Gong Xi Fa Cai !!!! Hope you have happy and prosperous new year !
Time to get things moving…..finally!
Firstly, I quit my job and got a new job! Yay to me , hopefully I can stay longer in this new work place.
Secondly a few new additions and loss to the family.
We have a new bird (again) This is Nandhan!
Also Mata putih (although Mom calls her Martha, after Martha Stewart) passed away, I’m afraid it may have been due to the strong wind that has been around here, poor birdie must have been cold 
We also got some fishies, but I don’t think I will post their pics yet.
I have not been able to craft much for some time, but I forcing myself to get inspired and after looking at some online tutorials, I managed to make these…
I don’t think I will be making anything out of them to sell though…unless I get some brilliant inspiration.
We went to Ikea and got this
frame, which was black in colour, but now its gold.
The original colour
The new colour
I was quite tempted to leave it like this
but decided against it .
Mom who was watching the whole process told me to make changes to the terracotta horses we bought from india.
I’m not very sure what to think of it really, but blah. I got some stickers from mini toon for my laptop keyboard
….a closer look…
are they cute or what!!
I also got this lovely jewellery holder.
I better get back to my crafting. Have a great weekend!!!
